Tippet Rise Art Center

MsM & I dragged le Haute Flasche to a gorgeous campground near Red Lodge on the Beartooth Highway. We booked a tour of Tippet Rise's magnificent sculptures 4 months ago and were thrilled when the morning opened crisp and mostly clear.
Tippet Rise Art Center is located near Fishtail, MT and is comprised of over 10,260 acres of old ranch land, most of which once belonged to beloved artist to Isabel Johnson.Now it is home to classical chamber music, recitals, large-scale sculptures by such internationally noted artists such as Alexander Calder, Mark di Suvero and others, plus thousands of cattle, sheep and wildlife.
The first picture is "Inverted Portal", made by Ensamble Studio (their spelling). It is cast cement; the striations you see are from the heavy plastic laid in the ground onto which was poured concrete. The plastic was then stripped away as the 2 sections were lifted by giant cranes.
The second and third are called "Domo"; also by Ensamble Studio. It is occasionally used as a concert venue with perfect acoustics. A hundred people can fit in there.
The fourth is a 65 foot tall piece called Beethhoven's Quartet, by Mark di Suvero. A cellist performed in the circular pendulum last year.
The fifth and sixth pictures are of "Beartooth Portal", the first sculpture installed at Tippet rise. The scale is magnificent as one spots a small object in the distance and it grows larger and larger as you approach!
The seventh is a wood structure called "Satellite #5: Pioneer" by Stephen Talasnik. I like it better from a distance than up close.
The eighth and ninth are of a replica of Patrick Dougherty's childhood home shown as in great disrepair and willow weavings crawling outside and inside the tumble-down dwelling.
The last is "Two Discs" by Alexander Calder. I like to think of this piece as 2 skinny Angus cows.
There are more sculptures and paintings in the magnificent new concert barn and a Cordon Bleu chef prepares lunch for visitors. 
Why and how are these things here? Topping a rise on a winding ranch road and spotting these pieces waaaay off in the distance is so much a part of the art's being. There is no other place like this that has beautiful wide open spaces between mountain ranges. Montana once again proves it's The Last Best Place.